A person who mistreated a cat, threatened individuals with knives, and broken a automotive has been sentenced. Jebrill Saad Ibrahim, of Fortescue Road, Cambridge, first got here to the eye of police when a member of the general public referred to as within the early hours of August 19 final yr to say that that they had noticed a person with a big kitchen knife.
Officers discovered Ibrahim in Bridge Street due to the assistance of metropolis centre CCTV operators and he was approached by armed police in Park Street. He tried to flee by leaping over a backyard wall however landed on the toes of extra officers.
The 20-year-old was arrested on suspicion of getting a bladed article in a public place and a big black-handled knife was discovered within the backyard he had tried to flee by. CCTV footage revealed Ibrahim had tried to assault a person within the metropolis’s market sq. and had used the knife to mime throat slicing when dealing with the group he had scuffled with.
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He was launched on bail however, on June 12 this yr, police have been referred to as about him once more – this time by employees at Tesco, in Campkin Road. Staff advised police Ibrahim had been abusive and refused to depart the shop, regardless of being banned.
He ultimately left, however began shouting exterior the store and broke the entrance window. He was arrested, charged and launched on bail, together with his first court docket look in July.
However, it took simply over two weeks for Ibrahim to fall foul of the legislation once more. Police have been referred to as by fearful members of the general public in Arbury Court, Cambridge, saying a person was mistreating a kitten.
He was seen by passersby to be swinging the animal round on a makeshift string lead at simply after 3.30pm on June 27. A lady intervened and picked up the kitten however was chased into the Budgen retailer.
She defined why she was fearful and gave the animal again to him. The lady tried to assist a second time after she noticed Ibrahim put the cat on the ground and feared he was going to stamp on it.
She picked up the cat however was grabbed across the shoulders by Ibrahim, who pulled out a knife from his bag and threatened her. The lady ran to the security of a good friend’s automotive however she was adopted by Ibrahim who used the knife to scratch the car and hit it, inflicting a dent.
Officers obtained extra calls from members of the general public saying that they had been threatened by a person with a knife, sporting a blue chequered shirt, in the identical space. Ibrahim was seen heading in the direction of his home earlier than returning in numerous garments with a metallic pole and utilizing this to threaten members of the general public as an alternative.
Police arrived and arrested Ibrahim whereas he nonetheless had the pole in his arms. His home was searched and officers discovered the blue chequered shirt and bag he was utilizing, along with the knife which had been slid between a fence panel on the tackle.
Ibrahim admitted eight offences:
- Four counts of prison harm
- Two counts of utilizing threatening phrases or behaviour
- Affray
- Possessing a knife in a public place
The convictions additionally put him in breach of a earlier suspended sentence. He was handed a complete of two years in a younger offenders establishment at Cambridge Crown Court on Monday (September 4).
PC Greg Langham stated: “I can solely think about the panic and worry felt by members of the general public who referred to as us about Ibrahim on the street threatening individuals with a knife or metallic pole. We are working arduous to take offenders who suppose they will use knives or weapons on this method off our streets.
“I hope the sentence provides all these affected by Ibrahim’s behaviour some closure, and I wish to thank them for calling 999 and elevating their issues after they did.”
